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3:00 pm15:00 C (UTC+3), Oct 21, 2026 = 2:00 pm14:00 SAST (UTC+2), Oct 21, 2026

C is 1 hour ahead of SAST.

C and SAST examples

These examples always use C (UTC+3) and SAST (UTC+2). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

C is 1 hour ahead of SAST.

How the time difference changes

C is 1 hour ahead of SAST year-round.

Working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in C correspond to 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in SAST.Working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in C correspond to 08:00 to 17:00 in SAST.

Compare C time with SAST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Charlie Time Zone is 1 hour ahead of South Africa Standard Time.
3:00 pm15:00 in C is 2:00 pm14:00 in SAST

C to SAST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 10am-6pm10:00-18:00 in C which corresponds to 9am-5pm09:00-17:00 in SAST

3:00 pm15:00 Charlie Time Zone (C). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
2:00 pm14:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Offset UTC +2:00 hours

3:00 pm15:00 C / 2:00 pm14:00 SAST

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Charlie Time Zone

Offset: C is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Åland Islands, Antarctica, Bahrain, Belarus, Bulgaria, Comoros, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mayotte, Moldova, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen

Principal Cities: The largest city in the C time zone is Istanbul in Turkey, with about 15.702 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Moscow, Cairo, Baghdad, Dar es Salaam.

Daylight Saving: Some places on Charlie Time Zone (C) keep the same time all year, while others use C for only part of the year and change their clocks for daylight saving time; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

Map of the areas on Charlie Time Zone (C)
C all year C part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on C.

C representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +03 - basic short
  • +0300 - basic
  • +03:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0300 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (03) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of three hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Charlie - Military abbreviation for C
  • C - short form of 'Charlie'
Time zones with the GMT +3 offset:
  • EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
  • MSK - Moscow Standard Time
  • AST - Arabia Standard Time
  • C - Charlie Time Zone
  • EAT - Eastern Africa Time
  • FET - Further Eastern European Time
  • IDT - Israel Daylight Time
  • TRT - Turkey Time

South Africa Standard Time

Offset: SAST is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa

Principal Cities: The largest city in the SAST time zone is Johannesburg in South Africa, with about 9.418 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Gqeberha.

Daylight Saving: Clocks in South Africa Standard Time (SAST) do not change for daylight saving time, so SAST stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.

SAST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +02 - basic short
  • +0200 - basic
  • +02:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (02) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of two hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Bravo - Military abbreviation for SAST
  • B - short form of 'Bravo'
IANA/Olson: Reflects SAST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Africa/Johannesburg
  • Africa/Maseru
  • Africa/Mbabane
Time zones with the GMT +2 offset:
  • CEST - Central European Summer Time
  • EET - Eastern European Time
  • MESZ - Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
  • B - Bravo Time Zone
  • CAT - Central Africa Time
  • IST - Israel Standard Time
  • SAST - South Africa Standard Time
  • WAST - West Africa Summer Time